Harvester



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H. A. HOWB.

y HARVESTER. No. 298,854. Patented May 20, 1884.

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HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,854, dated May 20,1884.

Application filed March 19, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ARCHIBALD HowE, of Albion, in the county ofOrleans and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Harvesters; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,

its attachments, and the lifting mechanism, and also in the constructionof the devices for supporting and adjusting the grain-wheel, all asshown, and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings which accompany this specication, Figure lis a plan of aharvester of known construction with my improvement attached. Fig. 2 isa vertical central cross-section on line X X in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anelevation of the shoe to which the grain-wheel is adjustably secured.Fig. 4 is a cross-section of Fig. 3 on line y y. Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the inner end of the grain-platform, with the hand-lever forcontrolling the adjustment of the grain-wheel. j

A is the harvester-platform; B, the grainwheel, C, the shoe to which thegrain-wheel of the platform is adjustably secured in the followingmanner: a a. are parallel guides, which hold the plate bin contact withthe shoe and allow of its being freely moved up or down between theguides, and is limited in its downward adjustment by the stops a d, castintegral, respectively, with the shoe C and plate b. d is the axle ofthegrain-wheel. It is castintegral with the plate b. A small roller, e, issecured to the lower edge of the shoe by means of ears c, which are castintegral therewith, and a chain, f, is attached to a rod, g, whichpasses under the platform to the inner end thereof, and connects therewith another piece of chain, 7L, which passes around [the roller z', andthence over the grooved quadrant k, where it is attached at Z.

L is a bracket for connecting the table A with the main frame by meansof the extension s, which carries the standard m. It consists of a baseplate, s, the outer end of which is provided with ribs s', which form arecess to receive the inner end of the platform A, to which it issecured by bolts or in any convenient manner. Said bracket has castintegral therewith ears I, which support a roller, i. To the base-plates is bolted the standard o, having on its upper end the segmental rackp. n is a pin projecting from and forming an integral part of thestandard o, on which is fulcrumed the hand-lever m, the lower end ofwhich carries the quadrant k. p is a springpawl engaging with the rackp, and is operated by the handle u.

In practice the driver is enabled to grasp from'his seat the hand-leverm, and, by releasing the pawl from its engagement with the rack p, is atliberty to move the lever on either backward or forward, the formermovement effecting a raising and the latter a lowering of the platformat the grain-wheel. The lever m may be inclined toward the drivers seat,if necessary, to bring it within convenient reach, or to allow thedriver to exert his strength to more advantage.

It will be readily seen that with the controlling devices for thegrain-wheel attached, as they are, to the platform itself', nodisturbance of the adjustment can occur whether the platform is tiltedor its distance from the ground changed at the inner end thereof. Toprevent the rod g from forming a possible obstruction under theplatform, and thereby get disarranged, it may be held thereto in anyconvenient manner-for instance, by eyebolts or otherwiseand thegrain-wheel B is prevented by proper stops, as a d', from passing beyondits extreme limits of adjustment.

W'hat I claim as my invention isl. In a harvester, in combination withthe main frame and platform thereof, the bracket L, provided with ribs sand the extension s, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, in a harvester provided with means for adjusting theplatform, of the bracket Ii, consisting of the plate s, ribs s', andears I, cast in one piece, and constructed IOO to support the mechanismwhereby said adjustment is accomplished, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a harvester provided 5 with means for adjustingthe platform, of'the bracket L, consisting of the plate s, ribs s', andears I, cast in one piece, and provided with the standard o, secured tothe base-plate s, and having cast integral therewith the rack 1o p andpin n, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantially asdescribed.

4. In a harvester provided with means for adjusting the platform, incombination with the shoe C, having cast integral therewith the guides aa and stop a', the plate b, having I5 cast integral therewith the axle dand stop d', whereby the relative movement ofthe plate and guides islimited, substantially as described.

- HENRYv A. HOWE. Witnesses:

CLARK D. KNAPP, H. S. GOFF.

